Ifa Lethu Foundation

Ifa Lethu is a nonprofit Foundation based in Tshwane, South Africa devoted to the development and economic growth of the creative sectors in the country. The Foundation was launched in November 2005 by the then Minister of Arts and Culture, the Honourable Dr. Z. Pallo Jordan. The original aim of the Foundation was to repatriate South African struggle-era cultural heritage such as art and art objects back into the country. Today Ifa Lethu manages the largest heritage repatriation effort in South Africa with collections having been repatriated from countries such as the United States of America, Canada, France, Australia, Spain, Holland, the United Kingdom and Germany. While repatriation, education and outreach of heritage remain the core business of the Foundation, the development aspect has been fully incorporated into their work.